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Title: A Debt to Delia by Barbara Metzger ISBN: 0-451-20586-3 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 07 May, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.29 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An Amazing Achievement
Comment: One of my favourite Regency authors, Barbara Metzger has given us in A Debt to Delia a novel which is a real triumph. Truly bittersweet, this is a story of farce, fear, love, hope and redemption. Metzger has a gift for comedy which is second to none amongst the genre but what other author could write of a young girl dying of grief and a pregnancy gone horribly wrong, a successful (for the times) ceasarian birth, parents who learn from grevious error, a girl rescued from prostitution, death on the battlefield, ardent honour and bravery and still, despite all of this, make it a comedy?
At times whilst reading this book I hoped no one was looking over my shoulder because I was almost embarrassed to be so amused despite the utter tragedy that forms the framework for the plot ot this book. In one day there is a marriage, a death and a baptism yet through the tragedy, people are falling in love, planning for the future and reacting with real, human emotions. I still cannot figure out how the author managed it.
The H/H are both lovely: he is an over-sized macho military major with a soft heart and divine sense of honour. She is a feisty yet loyally loving girl with maturity beyond those she must look after, all of whom are older but not wiser. And, as always with Metzger's work, there is the usual cast of strange and wierd villains, wonderfully quirky servants, relatives from hell, babies, children and animals that form part of the fabric of the story.
Loved it. Absolutely loved it and recommend it most highly. If you want something different, something poignant yet funny peopled with endearing characters and nasty villains, then do read this. You won't be disappointed!
Rating: 5
Summary: A Wonderful Read!
Comment: This is the first of Barbara Metzger's books I've read but it won't be the last. Major Lord Tyverne is not the typical romance hero. He's a little brusque and stiff but he is certainly honorable. And it is his honor that persuades him to seek out Delia to offer marriage. Unfortunately, there are some misunderstandings and confusion. But, he does do the most honorable thing (you'll have to read it for yourself) and I cried. As the story progresses and more characters invade Delia's life I laughed. Ty and Delia are truly likeable and their growing attraction and affection is a treat to watch. This book is hard to put down. It is a keeper!
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellently entertaining comedy of errors
Comment: I can't agree with the reviewer who called this book "boring" -- she must have read a different novel! I thought it was great fun; there is a wonderful contrast between the lighthearted aspects and the serious undertones in the protagonists' situations. I liked both hero and heroine very much. I liked Ty, so determined to do the right and honorable thing but completely clueless as to what it might be. I liked Delia, equally determined in her own way to sort things out without having to sacrifice her own life to a marriage with some yucky guy, or to someone she thinks doesn't love her. Some of the comic moments (Ty's proposal, for instance) had me chuckling out loud. Of all Ms Metzger's books, my favorites are still MISS LOCKHARTE'S LETTERS and A LOYAL COMPANION, but this is right up there close behind.
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Title: The Diamond Key by Barbara Metzger ISBN: 0451208366 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Lady Sparrow by Barbara Metzger ISBN: 0451206789 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 06 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Prospero's Daughter by Nancy Butler ISBN: 0451209001 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The Painted Lady by Barbara Metzger ISBN: 0451203682 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 10 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: An Inconvenient Heir by Martha Kirkland ISBN: 0451207718 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 07 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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